Media Team

The Division des communications et relations médias of the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) offers a unique service in North America. Media relations officers are on duty 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

They patrol the entire island of Montréal and rapidly make their way to locations where various incidents occur, in order to collect and transmit relevant information to the media representatives. They are available to respond to media queries at any time.

• Each year, media relations officers are on site at more than 1,000 events, including crime scenes, demonstrations and other significant events.
• They also grant about 3,000 media interviews each year and answer over 25,000 phone calls from journalists and media representatives.

The SPVM’s media relations team is composed of one Commander, one Sergeant, six media relations officers, and two communication agents which are civilian employees.

Contact us 

Professional media can get a quick response by calling 514 280-2777. This number provides journalists  with up-to-date information on recent events in the area. Major events or events  in progress are reported in a message that the public relations officer updates regularly during the workday. To reach the publicist on duty 24/7, press 0 (zero).

Contact the media relations team to submit all other requests for information, interviews, statistics or filming by calling 514 280-2015, Monday to Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. You can also  email requests to us at any time at relations.medias@spvm.qc.ca. Media relations communication officers process these requests more quickly and efficiently if they contain the following information:

• the specific topic;
• the deadline;
• reporter’s contact information;
• and the length of the interview.

Our permanent team

	Raphaël Bergeron Media relations officer   Working for the SPVM since May 2002. He is a member of the media relations team since September 2005.
	Jean-Pierre Brabant Media relations officer   Working for the SPVM since September 2005, Officer Brabant joined the media relations team in September 2014.
	Manuel Couture Media relations officer   Working for the SPVM since May 2007, Officer Couture joined the media relations team in September 2014.
	Caroline Chèvrefils Media relations officer   Working for the SPVM since May 1998, Officer Chèvrefils joined the media relations team in June 2017.
	Julien Lévesque Media relations officer   Working for the SPVM since October 2014, Officer Lévesque joined the media relations team in October 2020.
	Véronique Dubuc Media relations officer   Working for the SPVM since December 2001, Officer Dubuc joined the media relations team in October 2022.